Fox is producing a live musical about Jesus Christ's last days, hosted by Tyler Perry

Fox will be celebrating Easter in 2016 with a live musical about
Jesus Christ's final hours alive, which will air on Palm
Sunday, March 20.

The
network announced today that Tyler Perry will host and
narrate the two-hour live event, titled "The Passion," which will
be set in modern times and will include the Last Supper, Judas'
betrayal, and Jesus' trial, crucifixtion, and resurrection.

It will be filmed live in New Orleans and will feature hundreds
of people carrying a 20-ft, illuminated cross
from Champion Square near the Superdome to
a stage at Woldenburg Park on the Mississippi River.

No cast has been announced, but according to Fox, it will
include “today’s biggest stars,” and the soundtrack
will be produced by Adam Anders (“Rock of Ages,”
“Glee”).

Eye2Eye Media, which will serve as one of the producers,
has done an annual production in this format in the Netherlands
since 2011. You can watch a trailer of the Dutch version
here:

This live musical event will be the third one for the network
planned next year. It joins "Grease" and “The Rocky Horror
Picture Show,” which will air in January and fall 2016,
respectively.